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UK medical cannabis patient guide
Use this hub to move from the first access questions into records, consultations, safety screening, condition evidence, product-form literacy and prescribed-patient admin. MCPH is patient-led, but the clinical decision always sits with an appropriate prescriber.
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Getting Started
Start here if you are trying to understand records, previous treatments, costs, eligibility and consultations.
- Cannabis for endometriosis: what the evidence can and cannot say
- An introduction to the endocannabinoid system
- Am I eligible for medical cannabis in the UK?
- UK medical cannabis patient guide: where to start
- What counts as trying two treatments?
- How to request your Summary Care Record
- NHS vs private medical cannabis prescriptions
- Medical cannabis costs in the UK
- Medical cannabis and mental health screening: what UK patients should know
- Medical cannabis and medication interactions: what UK patients need to know
- What to do if medical cannabis makes symptoms worse
- Start low and go slow: what it means in prescribed medical cannabis
Safety and Screening
Safety-led guides for medicines, impairment, mental health, pregnancy, driving, travel and public carrying.
- How the UK medical cannabis prescription process works
- Are there any side effects from CBD?
- Medical cannabis side effects: what UK patients should know
- THC side effects and impairment: what prescribed patients need to know
- Medical cannabis and driving in the UK: what patients need to know
- Pregnancy, breastfeeding, fertility and cannabis medicines
- Travelling with prescribed medical cannabis from the UK
- Medical cannabis and opioids: what to tell your prescriber
- Medical cannabis and antidepressants or anxiety medicines
- Medical cannabis and alcohol
- Medical cannabis and blood thinners or heart medicines
- Medical cannabis and immunosuppression: product safety questions
- Medical cannabis and heart health: screening and cautions
- Medical cannabis and older adults
- Medical cannabis and young adults: mental health screening and risk
- Medical cannabis at work: disclosure, impairment and practical boundaries
- Carrying prescribed medical cannabis in public
Conditions and Symptoms
Condition and symptom pages for understanding the evidence boundary and what a specialist may assess.
- Medical cannabis for chronic pain: what NICE says
- MS spasticity and cannabis-based medicines
- Medical cannabis for anxiety
- Medical cannabis for sleep problems
- Medical cannabis for PTSD
- Treatment-resistant epilepsy and cannabis-based medicines
- Medical cannabis for depression and low mood
- Medical cannabis for ADHD
- Medical cannabis for fibromyalgia
- Medical cannabis for arthritis and joint pain
- Medical cannabis for neuropathic pain
- Medical cannabis for migraine and headache disorders
- Medical cannabis for chemotherapy nausea and appetite symptoms
- Medical cannabis and palliative care
- Medical cannabis for inflammatory bowel disease and IBS
- Medical cannabis for Parkinson's symptoms and tremor
- Medical cannabis for Tourette's and tic disorders
- Medical cannabis for autism: evidence, risks and assessment boundaries
- Medical cannabis for Ehlers-Danlos and hypermobility-related pain
- Medical cannabis for ME/CFS and fatigue symptoms
Forms, Products and Devices
Guides to product form language without turning MCPH into a product menu.
Cannabis Literacy
Entity-literacy guides that help patients read cannabis terms without overclaiming.
- THC:CBD ratios explained
- CBD vs THC in prescription context
- What are terpenes in medical cannabis?
- Indica, sativa and hybrid: useful labels or oversimplification?
- How to read an MCPH strain page
- CBG, CBN and CBC: minor cannabinoids in medical cannabis
- The entourage effect: what patients should and should not assume
Prescribed Patient Admin
Practical admin guides for people already prescribed or close to treatment review.
- What happens at a UK cannabis clinic consultation?
- What to track after starting prescribed medical cannabis
- What to do before changing your medical cannabis treatment plan
- Repeat prescriptions, stock changes and pharmacy delays
- What to keep in your medical cannabis records
- How medical cannabis prescriptions are dispensed in the UK
- Questions to ask before choosing a medical cannabis clinic
Glossary and reference library
If a clinic, pharmacy, prescription label or strain page uses unfamiliar language, use the MCPH glossary and entity pages as plain-English reference points.